Chicago and the Wild Women of Ho Chunk

We returned to Chicago and planned to spend almost a month to accomplish doc appointments AND to attend Chet’s first NBA Game. As luck would have it, OKC was opening the season in Chicago. The check-in process at Illinois Beach State Park was far more complicated than it should have been. After Sept. 30, according

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Docs, Docs, Docs and Furniture

Part of our task while in the midwest included Doc Appointments. We used to allow a couple days…bang them out and then leave again. Now that I am officially “old” (i.e. Medicare Eligible) It has been 45 days since our “routine” appointments, yet it seems the Docs want to see more (and more, and more)

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Laying on of (Mechanic) Hands

We had made an appointment with our friends at Lazzari Truck Services almost as soon as we knew we were going to be buying the new Bus. That was to be mid-March, and I was just starting to think about a way to manage that, logistically. Where to stay? For how long? What parts would

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Consummation and Repairs!

Once we arrived in Elephant Butte, the first order of business was to make sure the New Bus condition was as expected. In particular, we had not been able to do a road test because the driveway was overgrown with trees. The Seller, Jim (a prince of a fellow in every respect) had arranged for

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Our (Aborted) Swing North

Our last few months has been spent in one spot, more or less. This is because, as reader(s) of this Blog may remember, we have acquired our next phase of mobile operations! And it needed some work before we could well and truly hit the road in it. And, we are at that point, just

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